0 past simple and past participle of dissuade --
1 to persuade someone not to do something: --
I tried to dissuade her from leaving.
That is an important consideration because many people might be dissuaded from seeking planning permission because of the cost involved in local inquiries.
However, there is no concrete evidence to suggest that the lack of a regional assembly dissuaded any electors from casting their vote.
That dissuaded me from any previous thoughts about lack of bias among sheriffs.
Therefore, those who have been balloted are being prevented or dissuaded from working by people who have not voted at all.
We are dissuaded from clogging our houses with unnecessary furniture by the imposition of tax on furniture.
Social conventions may well have dissuaded some women from taking the disciplining of runaways into their own hands and instead encouraged them to turn to the workhouse instead.
When actors are dependent on each other, they may be dissuaded from pursuing short-term goals in order to maintain cooperation in pursuit of long-term common goals.
Lijphart argues that the extremes will be dissuaded from using their veto in this way.
